CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Since the 1990s, the absolute number of people living in extreme poverty has fallen 60 percent , while the population increased almost 40 percent. By the official numbers, a relatively constant 15 percent poverty rate, year after year, for more than half a century. And for that, we have economic freedom to thank. .

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The Finance Weekly

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The answer is twofold: It is due to the unique economic circumstances of today and the job sectors that are conducting most of the hiring. Where is the economic contradiction coming from? million jobs that the economy gained over the past 3 months were in the service, health, and education sectors. Where is the economy headed?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The number was eye-popping in that it beat expectations by 130,000 jobs. Healthcare and education showed a boost of 55,000 jobs. Beyond the BLS data, the strong January growth was presaged earlier in the week by numbers from ADP , which showed that there was a 213,000 job increase in the month for nonfarm private sector employment.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2020

That number is expected to rise soon as the Federal Reserve Board issues business loans under the Main Street Lending Program. million as leisure and hospitality, construction, education and health services, and retailers added jobs. The labor market may have hit bottom in May,” Powell said.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

Also in industry news this week: Annuity sales hit record levels in 2022, possibly spurred on by volatile markets and rising interest rates A recent survey suggests that an overwhelming percentage of both employers sponsoring retirement plans and their employees are interested in receiving advice from financial advisors From there, we have several (..)

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Within private service-producing industries, leisure and hospitality added 88,000 (versus a 90,300 twelve-month average), education and health services increased by 82,000 (versus 77,700), information added 19,000 (versus 13,400), and financial gained 14,000 (versus 12,300; see second chart). percent in November and is up 7.6 Robert Hughes.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 6, 2023

Notable gains in the payroll survey for December were in education+health and leisure+hospitality, rising 67k over the month. The most policy-relevant thing in today’s jobs numbers? December’s annualized monthly wage growth was 3.4%, a completely non-inflationary number. pic.twitter.com/h12ty7Duzk.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 14, 2022

The proposed Raise Up New York legislation—which would index annual statewide increases to inflation and labor productivity—would help protect workers’ economic security as prices rise, and prevent inequality from widening as the economy grows. an hour and $62,400 at $15 an hour), but still short of real economic security.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

There are a number of podcasts that regularly touch on the financial aspects of raising children, including “The SavingsAngel,” hosted by Josh Elledge. . Here’s a website that pulls some of the best financial education content across the web and neatly sorts it by audience—fortunately, that includes parents. Key Takeaways.

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 29, 2023

Of course, the resulting material standard of living of economically isolated individuals would be desperately low compared to the standard of living available even to the poorest of those who participate in the modern commercial economy. The large majority of young people wanted to go to the city, get an education, and get a job.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 14, 2022

With interest rates already taking a toll on housing, consumer spending and business decisions on hiring and investment remain critical to the economic outlook. Overall, the AIER Leading Indicators Index remained well below neutral in the latest month, signaling economic weakness and sharply elevated risks for the outlook.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Headline numbers like GDP don’t provide a complete picture. The combination of elevated rates of consumer price increases and rising interest rates is impacting consumer and business confidence and weighing on economic activity. The economic outlook remains highly uncertain. However, growth has slowed significantly, from a 2.6

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

US Economic Forecasts Grim Amid Escalating COVID-19. Fears of economic freefall are mounting as the U.S. continues to post an alarming increase in the number of new COVID-19 cases without word of any additional government stimulus. The all-cash deal gives PNC the U.S. unit of Spain-headquartered BBVA.

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Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 18, 2023

Pour yourself a mug of coffee, grab a seat outside, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads: • The A to Z of economics : Economic terms, from “absolute advantage” to “zero-sum game”, explained to you in plain English. ( The weekend is here! was responsible for two phenomenally destructive innovations. That’s Nothing New.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Mexico continues to post record numbers for many of its economic indicators. Making the most of financial services opportunities afforded by Mexico’s prospective economic expansion will take a collective effort, however. For all sides of the banking industry to continue to develop, better consumer education is needed, he argues.

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Global Finance

JUNE 10, 2024

A generous fiscal policy, which has helped support the economic expansion, is expected to turn more restrictive soon. Meanwhile, the solid export numbers that turned the current account positive, after decades in the red, are likely to take a hit due to weaker demand from Spain’s European neighbors.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 7, 2020

Not an untrue description of the situation, but one that tends to miss the fact that by the numbers there was an awful lot of income instability among American consumers bubbling just below the surface before the COVID-19 wrecking ball hit the economy about three weeks ago. percent) saying they lived paycheck to paycheck as of March 27.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2020

The subscription economy is not immune to the wider economic headwinds, however. consumers subscribed to new streaming services, and that the average number of streaming subscriptions held by consumers rose from three to four. How Outschool Is Taking A Flexible Approach To Meeting Demand For Online Education.

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Future CFO

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

According to non-profit research organisation APQC , when these systems are optimised and are able to produce reliable data that finance professionals and senior leaders trust, then automation can reduce the number of full-time equivalents (FTEs) needed in this area, even during busy seasons.

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CFO News Room

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

With over 35% y-o-y increase in capex and a proposed infrastructure spend of over Rs 10 lakh crore in Budget 2022-23, the Union government has reinforced its commitment to using infrastructure as a force multiplier for sustained economic growth.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2017

Americans felt slightly better about their financial lives last year as measured against the year before, but as noted in a Federal Reserve study released last week, adults with no college education “lost ground,” as noted by The Wall Street Journal for the first time in four years.

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Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The Verge ) • We’ve got a data-quality problem : And US economic data is especially important for monetary policy right now. The Verge ) • We’ve got a data-quality problem : And US economic data is especially important for monetary policy right now. Washington Post ) • The Red State Brain Drain Isn’t Coming.

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The solid labor market supports positive consumer attitudes but that is offset but high inflation and rapid interest rate increases that threaten future economic growth. A deeper and sharper economic contraction becomes more probable if significant declines in payrolls begin to occur. Overall, the outlook remains highly uncertain.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2020

Particularly the choice to leave primary schools open, as parents and educators have complained school is an infeasible environment to practice social distancing of any sort, and thus a public health liability for students, educators and families.

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Global Finance

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

This sentiment is echoed by AI Now, a research institute, which asserts that “AI is now firmly positioned as a critical strategic technology for the geopolitical and economic ambitions of nation-states.” AI’s positive impact will be concentrated, initially, “in a limited number of sectors.”

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2020

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has recorded record-high numbers of complaints every month since the pandemic hit in mid-March, according to a press release from the U.S. PIRG Education Fund. The CFPB was off to a good start after the last economic crisis,” said Mike Litt , U.S.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 20, 2022

If a lumberyard wants to double the amount of bundled timber it handles per day, it has to double the number of forklifts, and the number of forklift operators. Instead, it refers to the process of self-causing distribution to larger and larger numbers of eyeballs. But now almost all my work is of the “microphone” sort.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 20, 2022

So, there were one-on-one meetings, and then there were group education meetings. And so, I felt like how I grew was by the more that I learned, the more I was able to educate people on. And so, I started then providing educational meetings on social security, and Medicare, and other topics, state planning.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 16, 2022

And while there’s no guarantee that any job will be immune to cutbacks or layoffs, some industries weather economic storms better than others. CFOs typically have a deep understanding of economic theory and practice and strong analytical and problem-solving skills. One industry that tends to be recession-resistant is finance.

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2020

New York Federal Reserve Bank President John Williams said economic data is likely to be worse as the impact of COVID-19 becomes clearer, Reuters reported. It’s going to be some time before we have a clearer view of the effects on other industries, including autos, higher education, manufacturing, and professional services.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

In addition, nearly 7 percent of students have dropped out to seek full-time employment or other, less expensive education options, OneClass found. nonprofit whose mission is to help American families achieve their education savings goals. Stock market swings have also hurt college savings funds. As student debt reaches nearly $1.5

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

Only a limited number of undergraduates will be living on campus during the academic year. Sharon Butler , executive vice president of global education at Flywire , told PYMNTS that one major question is: “What’s the student return rate going to be?”. Meanwhile, for the schools themselves, there’s lots of uncertainty.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Poverty on the continent is high, public investment to strengthen health, education, and infrastructure is low, and economic activity remains sluggish as a result. The committee has promised to revamp Nigeria’s tax system, reduce the number of taxes, and widen the tax net. How big is the problem? for Asia and the Pacific, 21.7%

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) indicates that the number of new job openings was largely unchanged at 6.7 Openings were up 23,000 in state and local government education after losses the previous two months. percent in November, while the number of long-term unemployed (27 weeks or more) increased by 385,000 to 3.9

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Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Our relationship with money is complicated: Speak to someone at the bottom of the economic ladder and they will tell you in no uncertain terms that a lack of money can lead to misery; but speak to enough millionaires and billionaires and it’s pretty clear that money doesn’t automatically lead to happiness.

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CFO News Room

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Notable gains in the payroll survey for November were in leisure and hospitality, education and health services, and government employment. The overall numbers mask big disparities for different groups. pic.twitter.com/bRYWksfF8n. Elise Gould (@eliselgould) December 2, 2022. pic.twitter.com/xsH5Fio0kZ. for Black workers, 3.2%

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The Finance Weekly

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Companies looking to advance in this new economic environment will continue to rely on the same four strategies that have proven successful over the past 16 months. For example, as a company onboards new personnel and moves information from one system to another through an acquisition, the number of access points to critical data increases.

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